Comfort comes like a calming hug, a gentle breeze on your soul, and in the loving words of those around you. And, you know, in those really tough times, you can feel Jesus right there with you. There are people in your life who can offer comfort, holding you up when you feel like you're falling apart, reminding you of how precious you are. God's presence shines through them, like an extension of the Holy Spirit's comfort when you need it most.
It's so important to remember you're not alone in your struggles, even when the tears just won't stop. In those moments, God is reminding you that He loves you. His comfort is like the best medicine, strengthening you from the inside out, filling those deep-down empty spaces. Letting yourself be comforted is like accepting a little bit of heaven, so don't be afraid to open yourself up and let your vulnerability show.
Showing your brokenness isn't weakness. Those who mourn are blessed, finding comfort in the Almighty. So right now, let that comfort sink into your heart, lift your spirits. Even if things seem gray right now, the sun will shine again, and you'll see that even in the hard times, Jesus is right there with you. Even when you don't understand, remember that all things work together for good, according to His purpose for your life. Just like 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 says, God, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, is with us in our troubles, so that we can comfort others with the same comfort we've received. And just as everything is working for your good, you are being comforted so that you can offer comfort and show God's love to a world that really needs it.
The Lord is near to them that are of a contrite heart; and will save the lowly in spirit.
Fear not; for I am with you; wander not; for I am your God, who has strengthened you; and I have helped you, and have established you with My righteous right hand.
And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, so that He may abide with you forever,the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, because He abides with you and shall be in you.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,who comforts us in all our tribulation, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, by means of the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.
The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me; He has sent Me to preach the gospel to the poor, to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind;to declare the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of recompense; to comfort all that mourn;that there should be given to them that mourn in Zion glory instead of ashes, the oil of joy to the mourners, the garment of glory for the spirit of heaviness; and they shall be called generations of righteousness, the planting of the Lord for glory.
Yea, though I walk in the midst of the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil; for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
Now may the God of patience and of encouragement grant you to be like-minded among one another, according to Christ Jesus,
"Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me.In My Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and I will receive you unto Myself; so that where I am, there you may be also.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,
Let your way of life be without loving money, being satisfied with what you have. For He Himself has said, "By no means shall I desert you, nor in any way shall I forsake you;"
being strengthened with all power, according to the might of His glory, for all endurance and longsuffering with joy;
He gives strength to the hungry, and sorrow to them that are not suffering.For the young men shall hunger, and the youths shall be weary, and the choice men shall be powerless;but they that wait on God shall renew their strength; they shall put forth new feathers like eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.
For the end, A Psalm of David to Jeduthun. Shall not my soul be subjected to God? For from Him is my salvation.For He is my God, and my savior; my helper, I shall not be greatly moved.
Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and our God and Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and a good hope by grace,comfort your hearts and establish you in every good word and work.
to declare the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of recompense; to comfort all that mourn;
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and petition, along with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, shall guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.
Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
My heart and my flesh have failed; but God is the strength of my heart, and God is my portion forever.
Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why do you trouble me? Hope in God; for I will give thanks to Him; He is the health of my countenance, and my God.
"But when the Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify about Me.
And now I will comfort you, O Zion; and I have comforted all her desert places; and I will make her desert places as a garden, and her western places as the garden of the Lord; they shall find in her gladness and exaltation, thanksgiving and the voice of praise.
Come to Me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest.Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.For My yoke is easy and My burden is light."
For as many things as were previously written, were written for our own instruction, that through the patience and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we may have hope.
As if his mother should comfort one, so will I also comfort you; and you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
Now we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, concerning those who have died, lest you be sorrowful as those who have no hope.For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, thus also God will bring with Him those who die in Jesus.
Comfort, yes, comfort My people, says your God.Speak, you priests, to the heart of Jerusalem; comfort her, for her humiliation is accomplished, her sin is put away; for she has received of the Lord's hand double for her sins.
who comforts us in all our tribulation, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, by means of the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
A Song of Degrees. I lifted up my eyes to the mountains - from where my help shall come.My help shall come from the Lord, who made the heaven and the earth.
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.
You multiplied Your righteousness, and turned and comforted me, and brought me again out of the depths of the earth.
Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and our God and Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and a good hope by grace,
O God, I have declared my life to You; You have set my tears before You, even according to Your promise.
And in that day you shall say, I will bless You, O Lord; for You were angry with me, but You have turned aside Your wrath, and have pitied me.
My soul has waited for reproach and misery; and I waited for one to grieve with me, but there was none; and for one to comfort me, but I found none.
Your mercy, O Lord, has helped me. O Lord, according to the multitude of my griefs within my heart, Your consolation has soothed my soul.
For the end, A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the Lord; and He attended to me, and hearkened to my supplication.And He brought me up out of a pit of misery, and from miry clay; and He set my feet upon a rock, and established my steps.And He put a new song into my mouth, even a hymn to our God; many shall see it and fear, and shall hope in the Lord.
Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all die, but we shall all be changed--in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.
for Your name's sake have I waited for You, O Lord, my soul has waited for Your word.My soul has hoped in the Lord; from the morning watch till night.
For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the coming glory to be revealed in us.
The Lord also has become a refuge for the poor, a seasonable help, in affliction.And let them that know Your name hope in You - for You, O Lord, have not failed them that diligently seek You.
Thus says the Most High, who dwells on high forever, Holy in the holies is His name, the Most High resting in the holies, and giving patience to the faint-hearted, and giving life to the broken-hearted;
For the end, for the sons of Korah; A Psalm concerning secret things. God is our refuge and strength, a help in the afflictions that have come heavily upon us.Therefore will we not fear when the earth is troubled, and the mountains are removed into the depths of the seas.
teaching them to observe everything that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen.
And if you pass through water, I am with you; and the rivers shall not overflow you; and if you go through the fire, you shall not be burned; the flame shall not burn you.
Wait on the Lord; be of good courage, and let your heart be strengthened; yea, wait on the Lord!
Trust in God with all your heart; and be not exalted in your own wisdom.In all your ways acquaint yourself with her, that she may rightly direct your paths.
These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation; but have courage, I have overcome the world."
Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God! On account of this the world does not know you, because it did not know Him.
The Lord is my firm support, and my refuge, and my deliverer; my God is my helper, I will hope in Him; He is my defender, and the horn of my salvation, and my helper.
Though I should walk in the midst of affliction, You will revive me; You have stretched forth Your hands against the wrath of my enemies, and Your right hand has saved me.
Blessed be the Lord God, blessed be the Lord daily; and the God of our salvation shall prosper us. Pause.
I arose before the dawn, and cried; I hoped in Your words.My eyes prevented the dawn, that I might meditate on Your oracles.
For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made by hand, eternal in the heavens.
May the Lord preserve you from all evil; the Lord shall keep your soul.The Lord shall keep your coming in, and your going out, from this time forth and forever.
You have turned my mourning into joy for me; You have removed my sackcloth, and have clothed me with gladness;that my glory may sing praise to You, and I may not be pierced with sorrow. O Lord my God, I will give thanks to You forever.
For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but having been tempted in all respects in quite the same way as we are, yet without sin.Therefore let us come boldly to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
If I said, My foot has been moved;Your mercy, O Lord, has helped me. O Lord, according to the multitude of my griefs within my heart, Your consolation has soothed my soul.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,into an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and unfading, reserved in the heavens for you,
having been persuaded of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Christ Jesus;
Cast your cares upon the Lord, and He shall sustain you; He shall never permit the righteous to be moved.
As for the Mighty One, His way is blameless: the word of the Lord is strong and tried in the fire; He is a protector to all that put their trust in Him.
The name of the Lord is of great strength; and the righteous running to it are exalted.
Teach me to do Your will; for You are my God; Your good Spirit shall guide me in the straight way.
Therefore we do not despair, but even if our outward man is being destroyed, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day.For our momentary light affliction is working out for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory,while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are for a season, but the things which are not seen last forever.
that there should be given to them that mourn in Zion glory instead of ashes, the oil of joy to the mourners, the garment of glory for the spirit of heaviness; and they shall be called generations of righteousness, the planting of the Lord for glory.
No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not permit you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation, He will also make the way out, so as for you to be able to bear it.
And behold, I am with you, to preserve you continually wherever you shall go; and I will bring you back to this land; for I will not desert you, until I have done all that I have said to you.
nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
And my God will supply all your need according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His praises;who forgives all your transgressions, who heals all your diseases;who redeems your life from corruption; who crowns you with mercy and compassion;
In the day of my affliction I earnestly sought the Lord; even with my hands by night before Him, and I was not deceived; my soul refused to be comforted.
The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me; He has sent Me to preach the gospel to the poor, to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind;
Were it not that Your law is my meditation, then I should have perished in my affliction.
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, that you may proclaim the excellent virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;
For the end, A Psalm of David. O Lord, You have proved me, and known me.You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thoughts long before.
The ungodly shall be driven away in his wickedness, but he who is secure in his own holiness is just.
What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to destruction? Shall the dust give praise to You? Or shall it declare Your truth?
Then they cried to the Lord in their affliction, and He saved them out of their distresses.And He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their chains in pieces.
Alleluia. I am well pleased, because the Lord will hearken to the voice of my supplication.Because He has inclined His ear to me, therefore will I call upon Him while I live.
Fear not; for I am with you; I will bring your seed from the east, and will gather you from the west.
Rejoice always!Pray without ceasing!In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
For anger is in His wrath, but life in His favor; weeping shall tarry for the evening, but joy comes in the morning.
The Lord is near to them that are of a contrite heart; and will save the lowly in spirit.Many are the afflictions of the righteous; but out of them all the Lord shall deliver them.
What many and great afflictions have You shown me! Yet You turned and revived me, and brought me again from the depths of the earth.You multiplied Your righteousness, and turned and comforted me, and brought me again out of the depths of the earth.I will also therefore give thanks to You, O God, because of Your truth, on an instrument of psalmody; I will sing psalms to You on the harp, O Holy One of Israel.
I, even I, am He that comforts you; consider who you are, that you were afraid of mortal man, and of the son of man, who have withered as grass.
And I will devise for you a plan of peace, and not evil, to bestow upon you these good things.And pray to Me, and I will hearken to you; and you shall earnestly seek Me, and you shall find Me;for you shall seek Me with your whole heart.
Because just as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also abounds through Christ.
And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, "Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He shall dwell with them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself shall be with them.And He shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying out; neither shall there be any more pain, for the former things have passed away."